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Life's Secret Handbook: Reminders for Adventurous Souls Who Want to Make a Big Difference in This World Leather Bound – September 7, 2018

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We all experience this feeling: How do I make a real difference in this world? How can I be inspired to play the game of life so that I am useful, so that I matter, so that I count, so that I stand for something, and above all, so that I make a difference that leaves the world a better place than when I arrived?

Indeed, all of us want to make a difference in this world whether we acknowledge it or not. Doing our best to make a difference is how we instill our lives with meaning. Helping others makes us feel good about ourselves. So how can we be inspired to do this?

Help is at hand because this delightfully insightful guide gives us inspirational reminders and profound wisdom that will help each one of us make our mark on this world. These proverbs convey universal wisdom that, once acknowledged and embraced, can help every one of us create a more fulfilling life and a better world.

This handbook will be particularly useful for those of us who have outgrown cynicism, doubt, criticism, blame, and a sense of entitlement. It will help us stop any self-sabotaging behavior that is interfering with our attaining the achievement, success, and prosperity that we would like in our lives.

The original edition of Life's Secret Handbook first appeared fictionally in Ernie Zelinski's inspirational novel Look Ma, Life's Easy. In Zelinski's novel, Sheldon, a young adult, meets Brock, a highly successful middle-aged man, who has attained extraordinary results in his life, and the story unfolds. As part of the story, Sheldon finds a mysterious book of inspirational proverbs called Life's Secret Handbook.

As the narrative in Look Ma, Life's Easy continues, the proverbs appear liberally throughout the book. Sheldon regularly searches Life's Secret Handbook for self-reflection and valuable insights. He also uses the guidebook for inspiration to better his life and the world around him.

You too can make Life's Secret Handbook an experience of self-discovery and enlightenment. Indeed, each page can be an exercise for your mind! Some of the passages are inspirational. Some are spiritual. Some are proactive.

Best of all, this real edition of Life's Secret Handbook has over three times as many life-changing passages as appeared in Look Ma, Life's Easy. It's best to read this handbook with an open mind and a relaxed soul. Apply the passages that resonate with you and set aside those that don't for another time.

Open this handbook to a new page every morning and read your inspirational lesson for the day. Alternatively pick it up and open it at random when there is something bothering you or when you feel that you have to learn something important. You may be amazed at what you find. "Simply magical," you may say. On the other hand, you may open it and get nothing, for the moment, anyway; yet later the passage will resonate with you big time. In some way, it will inspire you to take action toward making your wildest dreams come true.

Regardless of the way you choose to use this handbook, the passages will lift your spirits, help you achieve personal growth, and remind you about what it takes to experience the power of being a truly creative individual while you are making a difference in this world. By their very nature, great passages wind up on refrigerator doors, in after-dinner speeches, in newspaper articles, and in best-selling books. These gems of wisdom will too; they will likely have a life span long after most of us are gone.

In short, this handbook tells people how the universe works. It's for those who want the universe to work in their favor. You may want to refer to Life's Secret Handbook time and time again for pearls of wisdom and reminders to keep you inspired enough to make your mark on this world and get rewarded for it with satisfaction and prosperity.

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224 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Visions International Publishing
Publication date

September 7, 2018
Dimensions

4.91 x 0.6 x 6.7 inches
ISBN-10

0981311830
ISBN-13

978-0981311838
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I actually published the Limited Leather Edition of this book as an expensive business card (an ego project) but my Canadian book distributor (Nancy Wise of Sandhill Book Marketing) thinks it is the best book I have put together and that I should publish it for the general book market and for the gift store market. I am still thinking about that. I joke with my author friends that, unlike most books, this edition of "Life's Secret Handbook" has "Swagger." It started out with five reasons but now there are seven. Here are the first five:

1. It is dedicated to my friend Forrest Bard who passed away in September 2017 from a massive heart attack about 4 hours after driving me to the airport.

2. It is done in a Limited Leather Edition.

3. It has a suggested price of $97 US / $127 CAN on it.

4. It's written by me.

5. It's a damn good book.

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6. The sixth reason is that a signed copy looks really cool when I sign the burgundy inside cover page with a silver pen. This came about by accident. I was using a black pen that showed up almost unreadable on signed copies. But before my book launch I decided to use a silver pen that I had purchased for signing the back of chairs in a restaurant when asked to do so by waiters and owners. When I signed a test copy, I thought "Wow, that looks cool." Everyone at the book launch taught so too. So every copy that I now sign is signed with a silver pen. Incidentally, over half of the copies of the Limited Leather Edition that I have made available for sale have been signed.

7. After I gave my friend Carlos Thieves in Vancouver a copy of the book, he went to Brazil for a month. We hooked up at The Keg Restaurant on Alberni in Vancouver when he came back. Carlos then mentioned that a woman friend of his in San Paulo claimed that the blue butterfly on the cover has spiritual significance. I said, "No way." Carlos than texted back and forth with his woman friend in Sau Paulo, translating to me from Portuguese, with a number of adjectives about the spiritual significance. I still wasn't convinced but when I finally Googled this, I found out that the blue butterfly, in fact, has spiritual significance - even in Christianity. Note that the number 7 is said to be a spiritual number by those deep into spirituality so it is only fitting that this turned out to be the 7th reason.

From the Back Cover

Living just to get by is not enough.

Just like the butterfly, an adventurous soul

needs a varied and enchanting life - green

grass and happy skies, freedom to go

where it pleases, and joys

that await it.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Visions International Publishing; Limited edition (September 7, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Leather Bound ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0981311830
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0981311838
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.91 x 0.6 x 6.7 inches

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ERNIE J. ZELINSKI
International Best-Selling Author
"Helping Adventurous Souls Live Prosperous and Free"
Ernie J. Zelinski is an international best-selling author, speaker, unconventional career expert, and prosperity life coach. Through his life-changing books he inspires adventurous souls to live prosperous and free while making a big difference in this world.
Ernie is the author of the three true international bestsellers. His signature book "The Joy of Not Working" has now sold over 310,000 copies and has been published in 17 foreign languages. His flagship book "How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free" has sold over 400,000 copies and has been published in 10 languages. Ernie's third international bestseller "The Lazy Person's Guide to Success" has sold over 110,000 copies and has been published in 11 foreign languages. These three life-changing books have helped hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world live more satisfying and happier lives.
Ernie has negotiated over 117 book deals with publishers in 29 countries for his 17 creative works - which have now sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide and have been published in 22 languages. His latest retirement book is "The Joy of Being Retired: 365 Reasons Why Retirement Rocks - and Work Sucks!".
Ernie's core message - that ordinary people can attain out-of-the-ordinary results and make a difference in this world - is at the heart of his work. Ernie deeply believes in the powers of creativity and well-intentioned action as the most important elements for how ordinary individuals can attain personal prosperity and financial freedom.
Ernie's other latest creative works include the print and Kindle edition of the inspirational novel "Look Ma, Life's Easy (How Ordinary People Can Attain Extraordinary Success and Remarkable Prosperity)". Its companion "Life's Secret Handbook (Reminders for Adventurous Souls Who Want to Make a Big Difference in This World)" has been published in a limited Pu-Leather Edition.
Thousands of individuals have contacted Ernie by phone, e-mail, and regular mail to let him know how they have experienced inner renewal and personal growth as a result of reading one or more of his blockbuster books.
Ernie is uniquely qualified to write books such as "How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free", given that he opted for semi-retirement when he was only thirty years old and close to financial bankruptcy (with a net worth of minus $30,000).
Yet today Ernie is an international best-selling writer, entrepreneur, and prosperity life coach who maintains a three- to four-hour workday and doesn't like to work at all in any month that doesn't have an "r" in its name.
Ernie lives in Edmonton, where, besides hanging around his favorite coffee shops with his laptop, he enjoys running, cycling, reading, and traveling. Ernie's second home is Vancouver, B.C., which he visits five to eight times a year.
Ernie speaks on the topics of early retirement, entrepreneurship, and creativity. The Turkish Society for Quality spent over $20,000 to have Ernie speak about "The Joy of Not Working" to 2,000 executives and scholars attending its 17th annual convention in Istanbul. Ernie also made a keynote speech about "The Joy of Not Working" to 1,200 career professionals at the National Career Development Association annual conference in Orlando, FL on June 29, 2017.
Meet Ernie at his websites:
http://www.erniezelinski.com
http://www.retirement-quotes.com
http://www.retirement-cafe.com
http://www.how-to-retire-happy.com
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An absolute gem, totally inspiring!

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2018

I came to this book after loving Ernie Zelinski's "Look Ma, Life's Easy" in which several quotes from this book are used. I wanted to see the original! In fact I was initially a bit hesitant, because I wondered if I'd need a story to give context to the proverbs, and perhaps they wouldn't stand on their own. Not a bit of it -- that fear vanished very quickly. I started by opening the book at random and seeing what wisdom there was -- and there was a lot of it. I ended up reading it through systematically, but a few pages at a time, to absorb the wisdom and inspiration. Along the way I noted the gems that jumped from the page and hit me between the eyes, because they transformed and clarified my thinking. No doubt each reader will find his or her own personal inspiration. For what it's worth, here are some of the proverbs that have affected my thinking. "Imagine that you are in control of your life./Now the question is:/Why do you have to imagine this?" (The obstacles are only in my head!) "Taking risks has nothing to do with having a 'death wish.'/On the contrary!/This has everything to do with having a 'life wish.'" (That one really resonated, as my career has been in investments, where risk-taking is both nerve-wracking and an opportunity.) "Be a learner first;/Become a master second;/And remain a student forever." (Even a teacher needs to keep learning -- I love it, that feeds my curiosity.) But as you learn, don't over-analyze: "Think often, but not too much./And not too deeply./Life is meant to be lived./It isn't meant to be figured out." And many, many more. It's not just the wisdom, it's the beautiful way it's expressed. Thank you, Ernie! I'll keep dipping into your Secret Handbook for the rest of my life.

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